Worthless Necessity [HitoZuku]

Chapter 116 - Searching for your imperfections

"Hello! Good morning, Midoriya!" Gunhead greeted cheerily, as Midoriya walked through the doors of his agency, and the teenager blinked in confusion; he had been half an hour early, but the pro hero was already waiting for him?

"Sorry for being late." Midoriya signed apologetically, and Gunhead replied, "You're actually pretty early. Don't worry about it. I had Uraraka for her internship after the Sports Festival, and she speaks highly of you. Your performance inspired her to learn more about hand to hand combat, and that girl really learns quickly."

Midoriya perked up open hearing Uraraka's name, and Gunhead nodded to himself, "We only had a week, but I taught her about disarming villains, as well as some basic hand to hand combat! You performed really well in the Sports Festival, and a very late congratulations on being transferred to the Hero Course! Did you know that your homeroom teacher, Aizawa, was also a former General Education student? It's really rare to be transferred in the middle of the year, especially when the class is still full, so your performance was really impressive!"

The green haired boy just nodded in acknowledgment; Gunhead seemed happy, and he wasn't going to spoil the mood by telling him the real reason he was pushed into the hero course so early was because he nearly died when Shigaraki decided to raid their school.

"Now, I don't think I need to tell you, but this round of work studies is different from the other round of internships that your friends went on, and I think you missed those." Gunhead explained, "The first round of internships was more to introduce the students to the basics of being a hero, and to learn new skills in conjunction with brushing up their current skill set. However, while you can also learn new skills during this round of work studies, you'll have to be much more independent, since you'll also have to be helping us as well!"

Midoriya nodded, and Gunhead stood up, "Now, first things first. You have a very unique and interesting way of fighting; as far as I've seen, you mix together different fighting styles, and you have very good spatial awareness and sharp instincts. You can also analyze your opponents quickly to find exploitable weaknesses, which is also really good. You have a really solid fighting style. I really want to see you fight in person, though, so are you okay with some light sparring with my sidekicks and I? Nothing too dangerous, just as a warm up."

The green haired boy nodded, and he swore that Gunhead was smiling behind his mask from the bubbly tone he was using, "That's great! You also seem to have some other tactic, something that knocks your opponents off balance even if you didn't make direct contact, and that's really interesting, so I want you to use that too! I've heard about that tactic used overseas, though it's not really well known since it's really difficult to execute; if you don't mind me asking, how did you find out about it, and learn how to implement it into your fighting style?"

Midoriya paused for a second, before signing, his hands shaking slightly, "My dad taught me."

"Ah... I'm sorry for bringing up bad memories." Gunhead fell silent; Midoriya was considered relatively well known, given everything that he's been involved in, and people have been digging around in his past and plastered them all over the internet. The child had lost his parents when he was barely seven, so Gunhead doubted that the boy's father had been able to fully teach him how to use such a complex tactic; the boy must have practiced really hard on his own to perfect it.

"It's okay."

"After some sparing, we'll have a light lunch, and then we'll head out on some patrolling for today and tomorrow. I don't want you to be fighting, though; do you think you can analyze our entire group at once, see how they work together, and stuff like that?" Gunhead asked, and Midoriya just nodded.